r/restoration

I feel like it happened within a week. The pattern looks like it starts "away" from the wall area so I don't think it is a gutter issue, or foundation issue. We've never had an issue with water coming in. Also, absolutely nothing spilled on the floor from the room above.

These are the best pictures I can get right now, bc the room is stored with furniture .

The moisture in the room is very high, which is why I'm wondering if that could be mold growing from the moisture in the room?

We had a pipe burst on the other side of the apartment months ago and the water mitigation company wrapped things in plastic that were still moist🙄. Those things have all been sitting in that room because we've had massive delays with
our insurance company paying them.

Obviously most of the stuff is going in a dumpster. We are waiting for them to do that. So basically even with a dehumidifier, that room is about 79-85% humidity right now, and with the plastic wrapped things, it has created a greenhouse environment.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or guesses!

These are some daily pics taken over the last week and a half.

Also, could this be moisture from
ductwork? The HVAC has been inactive for a few months, and probably has a lot of moisture?

Any tips?

can someone tell me what i can use to clean the metal hardware? i buffed it out with a sponge and used brasso on it earlier and i feel like it made it duller than it was before. does anyone have any tips on how to make it more shiny

Was given this old girl but we need help restoring her to working condition. Model MZZ 11005 or 77005? Only name is Super Zig Zag and “made in Japan”. Would love help identifying age and manual. Bobbin case was intact. Appears to run very quietly but obviously needs cleaning and oiling. Needs a new rubber wheel to wind a bobbin. Cabinet is in awful condition and she doesn’t have a pedal—only a knee power bar in the awful cabinet. Hubby will assess electrical situation carefully and replace wiring. Can anyone tell me about this girl? Does she even sew a straight stitch? I don’t want to run it until he works thru the electrical stuff. Thanks!

Recently got this baby for $5. I'm working on getting it cleaned up but not sure what to do about the paper chipping away at the base?

Should I try removing it or is there a way to restore it?
Looks to be all wood underneath the faux leather paper.

Found this beautiful lamp in an old barn, no idea how long it's been sitting in there for. I've tried to clean it up as much as I can, looking for tips on getting the rust and what looks like mold off. I need to rewire it as well. Is it even worth trying to fix?

I hope this is an ok question for this sub! But I'd love to know if I'm on the right track with ideas to work with the trim in my home. It has the alligator texture from shellac and I'm guessing a century:) of overall buildup.

Some people have said to use denatured alcohol to get rid of the shellac. Others have said I should use mineral spirits.

I have some pics of the wood if that helps. But if anyone has any insights that would be great!

I asked my mom, the tractor was owned by by grandpa. After he passed away (more that 20 years ago) nobody looked after it. Sometimes the cats slept in the seat. The tractor is on flat tiers and I do not know if it will run without big service.

Anyway does somebody know the name of this tractor (I looked everywhere and didn't find a number or similar)? Furthermore is it hard to restore it or should I sell it to a collector and if so how much could it be worth? I think it has some sentimental value for my family and don't really want to sell it, only if the restoration is a big process.

Thanks for any help!

This is my mom's jewelry box. My dad gave it to her after he either went to or went through Egypt while deployed back in either the 70s or 80s. Based on some googling, I've found that it's likely made of camel leather. I want to get into it but I don't have any key for it.

We lost my mom in a massive electrical fire that ravaged my hometown while she was living there temporarily due to complicated circumstances with my grandma's house.

I lost the back one of my earrings while I took them off to try to clean them a bit tonight. My mom was the one who repierced my ears using these exact studs just a few weeks before the fire, when she came to the mainland to visit my dad and I. Since I can't find the backing, I was looking for another set of earrings to temporarily take a back piece from. Then I remembered her old jewelry box, and I thought it might be nice to take a backing from one of her old pairs to use until I can find the one that came with the stud, to feel a little closer to her. Her birthday was just a few days ago, and I couldn't make her favorite cake like I've been doing every year since we lost her, so I'm thinking about her a lot more than usual.

Sorry if this is long and rambly, I just have really strong feelings right now and now I really just want to be able to open her jewelry box to see if there's any of her jewelry I recognize in it. Maybe something that'll bring back some old memories.

i don't know what other servers to ask but i need help getting a glob of RSO oil off of my jellycat keychain 😔 it's thick and sticky, and i don't know how to get it off without staining or ruining the fabric it's made of

I didn't take care of this knife in the first five years of ownership. It has formed small spots of rust in various places on the knife, including underneath the protective coating.

It is by no means extensive, but I would like to remove the rust and forestall any further damage to the knife.

Any advice/recommendations on restoration and subsequent care for the knife would be appreciated.

I bought secondhand a lace bag from a jfashion brand Chimaki. It’s in a pretty good shape, however the lace seems yellowed irl and I’d like to ask you guys for some advice on how to safely and succesfully wash this fanbric and restore my dream bag.

The hood and roof are like this, and a little on the top cab corners. Otherwise, the sides are fine and just need a little touch up and detailing. What do I need to do to fix this and make it new again? Cross posting!

Site 64 shell

Best guess is that it is made of steel.

This is a Stanley Bailey No. 5 Type 20 , manufactured 1962-67, that I purchased as a $4 reminder to get a tetanus booster at a local estate sale. That felt about right for a paint-splattered plane with a broken tote, an iron ground to a sloppy, uneven bevel, and a cup in the sole you could drink out of. No historical value. Not rare. Not pre-war. Not special.

Perfect.

At the risk of upsetting originalists, this wasn't a restoration and I'm not going to call it one, and I'm not sorry.

By the early '60s, Stanley had figured out what every company eventually figures out: that you'll keep buying it even as they make it worse. A little worse, a little worse, every year, banking on you never noticing because they made sure to never tell you. An uneducated consumer is a loyal consumer. A helpless person is a repeat customer.

The bed was painted blue instead of the durable black japanning. The rosewood knob and tote were long gone, replaced with stained hardwood. The substantial lateral adjuster with its clean lines is now a single piece of stamped steel. Sixty years of margin-shaving cowardice, and this plane was a compromise before it ever hit a store shelf.

So it's black now. I took to the buffing wheel parts that the factory never bothered to polish. I turned a new knob and cut a new tote from local reclaimed ash.

I didn't preserve this plane. I rehabilitated it. And I made it mine.

A $4 chunk of iron three steps from the scrap bin doesn't owe the past anything. The world tells us to throw it away and buy a new one, preferably plastic, preferably this quarter, preferably with 2 day prime shipping. They spent six decades making it worse. It took a weekend to make it produce a finer shaving than it did the day it left the factory.

Sharpen your steel. Hoard the cast-offs. Save the broken thing the world tells you to throw away until they’re standing in an empty room wondering where all the customers went. They can't sell to someone who can fix their own things. She is free. He is dangerous. They are ungovernable.

They build them to be forgotten. This one, at least, isn't going anywhere. I hope you like it.